Machová Hana

As a child, she attended the ballet school run by Anna Gromwellová-Muffová and Zdeňka Zabylová.
In 1945, she was accepted by the Dance Department of the State Conservatoire in Prague, from
which she graduated in 1949. She wanted to continue studying choreography, but her entire class
accepted a year-long engagement with the Zdeněk Nejedlý Theatre in Ústí nad Labem. Machová stayed
there until 1958, at which time she became a choreographer for the Silesian Theatre in Opava, where
she remained until 1963. She then held the same position at the Hudební divadlo v Karlíně (Karlín
Music Theatre) in Prague from 1963 to 1970. In 1977, she returned to Ústí nad Labem, where she was
the head of the ballet section from 1977 to 1988.

She has been involved in more than 150 productions as a dancer, librettist, choreographer, or director.